H.Res. 641 · 116th Congress
Acknowledging that the decisions rendered by the United States Supreme Court in the so-called Insular Cases rest on the same racist and ethnocentric assumptions leading to Plessy v. Ferguson's infamous "separate but equal" doctrine, that the legal doctrine emanating from the Insular Cases has no place in United States Constitutional law, and that the Insular Cases must be rejected in their entirety.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Raúl Grijalva
- Introduced
- 2019-10-18
- Latest action
- 2019-10-28 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Summary
This resolution rejects the Supreme Court's decisions in the Insular Cases (a series of cases regarding the application of constitutional rights in U.S. territories) and recognizes the importance of supporting equal rights of Americans living in the U.S. territories.